ABRAMAN, Leo
| Service Numbers: | 646, 5646 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Goldingen, Courland, Russia, 17 March 1895 |
| Home Town: | East Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 5 January 1969, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 646, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 4 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 646, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 19 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5646, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR), Battle for Pozières , GSW Left Forearm | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5646, 5th Infantry Battalion, Medicall Unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sian Nielsen
Service Number
5646
Religion
Jewish
Marital status
Single
Age at embarkation
21
Height
5" 4.25"
Weight
128 lbs
Next of kin
Aunt, Mrs L Obermann, 56 Palmerston Street, Perth, Western Australia
Previous military service
Nil
Enlistment date
13 March 1916
Date of enlistment from National Roll
28 January 1916
Place of enlistment
Melbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistment
Private
Unit name
5th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number
23/22/3
Embarkation details
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Eurpides on 4 April 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll
5646
Fate
Returned to Australia 22 July 1917
Discharge date
4 October 1917
War service
Egypt, Western Front
Other details
Marched in to Tel el Kebir, 11 May 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 23 May 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France 4 June 1916; marched in to 4th Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, 7 June 1916.
Admitted to 24th General Hospital , Etaples, 19 June 1916 (mumps); discharged to duty, 11 July 1916; taken on stranght, 5th Bn, 30 July 1916.
Wounded in action, 18 August 1916 (gun shot wound, forearm), and admitted to 3rd Casualty Clearing Station; transferred to 26th General Hospital, Etaples, 20 August 1916; to No 6 Convalescent Depot, Etaples, 24 August 1916; to Base Depot, 27 August 1916.
Appointed Acting Corporal, with extra duty pay, 10 January 1917.
Reverted to permanent rank of Private, 8 February 1917.
Transferred to England, 13 Febuaury 1917; marched in to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 17 February 1917.
Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Nestor', 22 July 1917, for Home Service (flat feet); deisembarked Melbourne, 24 September 1917; discharged, Perth, 4 October 1917.
Medals
British War Medal
Victory Medal
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